i [4 3 - - Name Committee To «Care For Children ARE a 0c: EN SAT iy A Shier Bp. "ment representing 'the' Kn i with these PAGE SIXTTEN THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY] 1948 r 3 'DECEMBER 24, AAT By S. GORDON COLER. If the prediction that Britain will in ten years have 8 generation of young men ang women physically and mentally superior to those of any other European country is ful- : filled, them part of the credit will "undoubtedly be due to a committee which has just been set up to ad- «vise, the Home Secretary on. the , are of children, The prediction was LE recently' by the distinguished ench - bielogist, - Profesor Henri .. Bonnet,. Member of. the French _ Academy of Medicine and Director "of the French Red Cross. He pald a visit bo Britain, withr¢hild special- lve: countries, on tional Childri , 'during whieh he ip / examined. 'iHousands of children up ;to the age of fifteen and studied 'health' statistics for a thousand more and discussed child care with Britain's leading expert, Profesor Alan Moncrieff, Nuffield Professor of Child' Héalth /at the University of London, It is Professor Moncrieff who has now been appointed chairman of the Advisory ©ouncil on Child Care, just established under: the Children Actvwhich- came into effect on July Sth last. The Council is charged with advising the Government on . implementation of the Act, a char- "ter for homeless in Britain. The Act provides that, with rare ex- ceptions, all local government au- thorities' in Britain shall appoint a children's committée to look after the interests of children removed from their homes by order of a court, to supervise children brought up in other homes by consent of their parents, to approve adoption societies and so on. The Advisory Council will be, on a national level, what these com- mittees are to each local com- munity. Besides its chajrman, who has spent most of his working life in the study of child welfare in a famous London' children's hospital ; 'and in other countries, 'it consists of four men and seven women whose lives have been devoted largely to this object. They repre- sent voluntary 'organizations with international reputations, such as Dr. Barnardo's Homes for orphans L Badotat, Sactety for the 4q Ohl 'Ymittee" of "experts for Soetland Was apbointed- last: March to 'advise on h:sare of Shildren deprived of g kmal home 1 § No Ghdrr 'Otticers. "Many t authorities in Britain 'Have dlrghdy appointed the "hebvy for children the Act, phasis in this : Cah Ene, is b "8s : 86: Jook 'after of the Act by 'which +0f these "see to it that none of 5 children Tacks the little things h often mean most to children their class-mates', this Act passed' its final the House of Commors at e end of June, Mr. K. Lindsay, an Independent Member of Parlia- lish uni- Yersitles, openéd a discussion which become nafion-wide. He pointed out that the next step was as en In: ., *: to make provision for restoring the " 'happiness of those children who are Jecperately unhappy or neglected in their homes put are still in the care of their parents. In a letter to the London "Times" the Chairman the National Society for, the vention' of Cruelty to Children | inted out that the 40,000 volun- gh tary supporters of 'the Society were sre eich year more than 100,< EE 3 over 40,000. families Not U | DICK POWELL: has the most exciting role of his career in "To The re ds Of_| an inhi Hasso co-starred, is at the Odeon-Bjltmore for three ay pm ses "that mily case { tied, to: focal Nes been Fires Sor iy to saggest mens of he: ees the homs, to o~ohelp with thefavaily budget, to give p in Qesning 'house. or bathing he chiliren and thus t9-act as a lend in' need to those who are ss:f%d in the text<books as a families". Indeed, the City "i carried the matter ! §8 now discussing the 2 ppaintment of a further home ad- jyiser to visit families which are not yet in need of such urgent help and thus -to forestall 'conditions * 3 poi» Tg later to' the neglect of children. 'The local government ad SS jotsties; however, including the they, need wider its pet er statu powers from Parlfiitent to deal effectively «This; it is pro- the next step ih dren's charter in i bo _|:adventure, "Robin Hood [and will add to your holiday pleasure in a big way, | ficers ar are often taking a keen in- terest in the work of voluntary societies in their area, one of the best known of which are the Family Service Units set up to tackle the problem on a national scale' This organization has set up committees in cities such as Manchester and Liverpool, which watch over the welfare of some 90 families each. New Units'have just been created in London where voluntary workers are. laying a firm foundation for any action which may be taken by the Government in future to extend the 'work of the State. First, how- ever, the great experiment of the Children's Act must be made a living reality for those unhappy children who have' lost their homes, AP Writer Tells Story Of China '(Editors Note: Associated Press correspondent Harold K. Milks completed a tour of North China Thursday. Here is a report of what he found.) By HAROLD MILKS Nanking, Dec. 24--(AP)-- Write off all of China north of the Yang- tze. The Communists have it. The lull in the fighting seems permanent. It appears to be the calm before the peace. Peiping and Tientsin are jammed with well fed, well armed national soldiers. But their withdrawal into those two large cities has 'ended their active participation in the war. They are as useless to Chiang Kai-Shek as the thousands he lost in Manchuria. Today the soldiers in Eientsin; Peiping, Kalgan and Tangku, Tien- tsin's port, are waiting--with a pre- tense of defensive activity--for a negotiated peace. A North China trip completed Thursday convinces me that the Na- tlonalist will to fight is completely gone north of the Yangtze. In. Den ing and Tientsin a frantic ieffo: build defences and iconstruet str 0 points 'apparently is'. designed: to keep troops busy 'and 'out of nis-' pthe. Communist troops of Linpiao. There are repeated, instances ef National = Gen: Futso-Yi's: units' without even making contact with the Communists. In one instance a local eommander, well installed for defence in an area outside of Peip- ing, received the surprising order, "you are being- attacked by Com- munists. Withdraw immediately." \ Puzaled, Ke complied. Three days later there still was no sign of 'Ogmmunists in the area he former- ly held On' tha .Communist. side, too, there appears feluctance to force the fighting in.the 'north. Lin Piao the cities. Peiping is filleg chief rather than ta prepare to meet withdrawing -fpto the large eities| and ofher high commanders evi- dently prefer to await desertions from: the Peiping and Tientsin garrisons rather than to fight into with his- torical treasures and the other com- hiercial 'and industrial 'prizes. Chinese and foreigners alike in North China do not fuestion that theyCommunists will take over both cities. The only question 'is when-- and the majority seemy hopeful that it will be soon in order to save the people such suffering as thé people of Mukden endured before it. fell. General Fu seems to have 1 food stocks to feed his soldiers. food prices for civilians are: ing in Peiping, indicating proaching shortage: , ¢ Peiping has been 'without city since the Communists 8 power station and cut-the supple= mentary lines to. Tientsin, ©' of water from' its municipal dipes new Chinese cabinet 'either ' suc- ceeds or fails to bring an end to the whole civil war by a negotiated ace. : Between the yellow and Yangtze rivers, Communists superiority of force is growing daily. About the best. National commanders there can hope to do is fight a delaying action to permit the "peace mon- |- gers" to convince the high com- mand that continued resistance is useless. (Spencer Mopsa, Associated Press correspondent in Peiping, today lik- ened Fu Tso-Yi's position to that of smal! islands ih- a vast Oqmmunist sea. Moosa said Fu's position was hopeless, that relief wad impossible and so is escape.) In Nanking tonight naval head- quarters banned shipping: on the Yangtze along the city afer dark. Any ship caught in the stream after hours will be sunk. The order; miani- fests fear on the part of the, Na- tionalists of, a Communist "attempt to cross the wide stream #t. night and attack the capital. - = i THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW! Tientsin is facing a complete lack | Mi begause of the power sho hi ree Appears likely that the FR Pood on: will continue until" a By Harry Shorten and Al Fagaly ; BRITISH FOOD IMPORTS totaged 1,357,368 cwt, of which During 1947 Great Britain im- | 640 cwt. fists shipped from ported 2,634,806 ewt. of bacon, of | Carpda, reprgsenting 47 per cent: of which 1962,454 = owt. were = from | thelotal. Cshada also supplied th Canada, representing 744 per cent | Unfed Kingdom in 1047 wi of the total, Imports of cheese | 110§58 cwt, of dried eggs, oy amounted to 3830029 cwt. of which | cer Bf tpe total imported, rid Canada supplied 458,024 cwt., or 1214145 cwf. of frozen eggs, répre= per cent. Ir pofts of shell' eggs | senthg five per cent of the total. Platter Hits o/ The Week! .."On The Af"..."On Every Yt Juke Box! CAPITOL 1.ECORDS! AVE MA WERE PLL STAY MY DARLING, MY DARLING, . . WABASH BLUES . HOLD ME .......... HOLD ME SNATCH AND GRAB IT . CARAVAN .... 1 KISS YOUR HAND MADAME "DON'T WORRY! L HID THE J PRESENTS 40 STAFFORD . JO STAFFORD & GORDON McRAE . PEE WEE HUN1 SMOKEY RODGER: JULIA LEF NE veses. ANDY RUSSEL M.G.M. RECORDS! ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA .......0.co0ruvnienninnnsan BARBER OF PALERNO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD ART MOONEY BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS Individual Ideas Make Good: will New York, Dec. 24 -- (AP) -- Many Amerigan communities have thelr 'own, individual ideas about how to make mas, But t's all in the name of good: will In Boise, Idaho, one- group = ob- serves the yuletide season with a "sheep-herders ball." At the event, held by the Idaho basque colony, everybody must wear overalls and gingham. Christmas doesn't come until Jan. 6 in the fishing village of Roeanthe, N.C. 'There, according fp a custom followed for generations, they cele- brate Old Christmas, or 12th night an adaptation of the feast of the Epiphany commemorating the man- ifestation of Christ to the Magi. fhis a merry - festivities in three up- atever the variations, added to the fes state New York communities, where 81 persons, from 22 foreign coun- tries will be guests over the holiday Record Traffic Expected Today Fort Erie, Dec. 24 24 (GPY -- In- dications are the United States and Canadian railway lines operating through this border termipal will carry a record. volume of traffic today,. as hundreds of Cdnadians ,and , Americans started to ex- ehange Yule 'tide visits. | Traffic through ere 'on 'the New York Central es betwgén Fort Erie anid Windsor on: thé: Chicago-New TODAY nd CHRISTMAS DAY. York route is especially busy, and some of the big name trains are starting to in $wo sections, | Express 'Shipments, | 'through "and local. into. Cariada, are slog Jowiy and several ".gxtra- complements have been added to wégular runs. Westbound vehiculaf traffie over the Peace Bridge is: starfing to show a distinct lift, Teal weather prevailing .taday and: the a nce of ahy Show made, .graffic tions, ol and auto ideal for: rad vellers.' Ye )¢ al Wi. MA AB BEFITS A KING 45" All members of the cat Family aré monogamous ge the" lion. The Earth," shocking thriller about with. Signe Monday. Also on the same pr Of Texas". This is sald te'de virkan at his very best. TOY YVVYYYYY DOORS OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY AT 3 P.M.' To Enable Our Staff to Further _ Enjoy Their Holiday att. He Didn't Say Much... lis Guas Talked for Him! AN EAGLE LION (Mollywoed) FitM CRAIG: BARI- JOHNSTON Second Grand Holiday Feature! An international flavor will be |:- Y, Eve observance. ' A COLUMBIA BicTurs MiDNiGHT PREVIE AFTER 12.05 SUNDAY MIDNIGHT PRE-SOXING DAY SHOW! THRILLS! CHILLS! GASPS! BIG HORROR HITS! "Soul of the Monster" "Cry of the Werewolf" Ral NO ADVANCE IN PRICES! tional crim e ring film, is Gene 'Autry 'in 'his latest weste; $2.00 per couple } A and his orchestra WHITBY 'Our Sunday night sing-songs will continue Sir 4 oe Biner ? PNW. Nl Sw wl Nal Sal Nal Nal NNN : 5 Phone' 971 for: pesegvations i i i a aa a a" y A STORY OF Y SHOCKING IMPACT! © COLUMBIA PICTURES presents or me ENDS § = SRL Last Minute Shoppers! ODEON GIFT TICKETS Is Your Answer! Wish You a MERRY CHRISTMAS . GUITAR BOOGIE pp..ccccvvvanvreiasinne beasdviva lunes .« ARTHUR SMITH The guests--clerical workers and others from the United Nations headquarters at Lake Success, N.Y, --will stay in the homes of 31 fami- lies in Binghamton, Johnson City '"n**. The vlan was worked out by Rotary clubs. -s City, NJ.~which spe- cializes' in spectacles--the long boardwalk is aglow with a row of 28 lighted Christmas trees down its centre. Santa Claus appeared last night aboard a 40-foot crane, which red him into a lighted area where he stepped out and distri- buted candy to youngsters. From a mountaintop outside Hot Springs, Ark., will flash a series of tableaux symbolizing the Christmas cry. Scme 109 choristers will help "~ *°*h annual Christmas FOR TOPS IN COLLECTORS ITEMS! BENNIE GOODMAN'S BENNIE P.S. For tops in collectors al- bums come in and hear -- RIDES AGAIN -- CAPITOL AND "B.G." in a EXTRA SCORING PLATTER SESSION , + » Shop for them "First" at . SCOTT'S RECORD BAR "OSHAWA'S LEADING RECORD SHOP" 25 Prince St. Phone 4153 Starting SUNDAY MIDNIGHT DOOKS ho id am. | THE WEST'S TEN MOST RUTHLESS KILLERS RIDE AGAIN! Ten times the thrills of "Badman's Territory" ~when the boldest bandit band in history swoops down upon frontier Oklahoma! 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